sage, n.All

A Sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.

The Sage is different than the philosopher in that the philosopher is a lover of wisdom. A sage is a philosopher who lives the wisdom that he/she loves.

A Sage is someone who has had the good luck to be forgotten in his lifetime.

A Sage is one who recognizes that imagination is reality's master. One who acts upon that realization we call artist or lunatics.

Sage's genus name, Salvia, comes from the Latin salvere -- 'to heal' or 'to save.'